In a message dated 7/5/2004 10:43:30 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: "....She was a farm wife and mother, not a professional writer as you suggest. What we need to understand is that people of that time put heart and soul into what they did....." Hey My Friend, I invite you to read again my feeble attempt at recognizing a talent for portraying feelings with words. That seems to approach the "need to understand" those wonderful people of that period. I was complimenting the writer for "how it used to be done with grace and feeling." and certainly there was no thought or suggestion of intimitating that the person was a professional. I just simply felt moved to comment on a unique talent. I owe life and meaning to a long line of Farm Wives and Mothers and have personal knowledge of their abilities for putting heart and soul into what they did. I'm sure your grandmother was no exception.